Greenville man wanted in bank robbery and Pickens homicide

Yeargin is known to have been driving this 1998 blue Ford Mustang with a license plate of CQH 627.

An officer carries a rifle while responding to a bank robbery in Spartanburg.

Authorities say a bank video camera recorded the robbery in Spartanburg.

Spartanburg Herald Journal

Tavish Dominick Yeargin

SPARTANBURG - A man sought in a Pickens County homicide case is also wanted in a Spartanburg bank robbery.

A Pickens County judge issued a murder warrant Wednesday morning for Tavish Dominick Yeargin. By afternoon, Yeargin, 25, of Greenville, was suspected in the robbery of a BB&T bank on Church Street, according to the Independent Mail's news coverage partner, the Spartanburg Herald-Journal.

At 1:15 p.m. a black man 25 to 40 years old showed a letter to a teller demanding money, according to Spartanburg Public Safety. He then pulled out a weapon, grabbed money and left the bank. A police report obtained by the Herald-Journal describes the man as standing 6 feet tall and wearing a black jacket, red shirt and black pants. The teller said the man pulled a shotgun from his coat, according to the report.

The man was last seen heading down Daniel Morgan Avenue in Spartanburg.

Yeargin is wanted in connection with a homicide that occurred Saturday night in the Crosswell Baptist Church parking lot around Easley near the Greenville County line.

A witness heard people arguing in the parking lot followed by glass breaking and one to two gunshots. Pickens County deputies found Sean Timothy Dinneen, 48, of Easley lying on the pavement bleeding. Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley determined that he died of a gunshot wound to the chest. Investigators said Dinneen was likely trying to sell his car, a teal Pontiac Grand Prix, at the time of his death. That car was stolen from the parking lot, but was recovered by deputies Monday in Greenville.

"They may have been acquaintances," he said. "We're not positive at this point."

Searches for written or printed car advertisements yielded nothing.

Deputies say Yeargin was last seen driving a 1998 Blue Ford Mustang with the tag number CQH627.

Yeargin is traveling with two women: his sister Nyia Utsey and Kayla Williams of Greenville, according to Independent Mail coverage partner WSPA News Channel 7. Williams has a warrant out charging her with taking the car they are using from a relative.

No arrests have been made in the Pickens homicide or the bank robbery.

"It's important for folks to get the word out so we can get him in custody," Morgan said.

Anyone with information about Yeargin's whereabouts is asked to call the sheriff's office at (864) 898-5500 or CrimeStoppers at (864) 898-KOPS (864-898-5677).